Western Dani
bahasa Dani Barat
Western Dani is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia, by about 180 thousand people.
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Western Dani, or Lani, is a Nuclear-Trans-New Guinea language. It is the Papuan language with the most speakers in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Lani people in the province of Highland Papua.
The Baliem Valley tribes are called Oeringoep and Timorini in literature from the 1920s, but those names are no longer used.
From Wikipedia · Western Dani language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Western Dani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | apqumi* | |
| name | entaqe* | |
| eye | eneqen* | |
| ear | aruk* | |
| nose | oqopaq* | |
| tooth | eyaq* | |
| tongue | amele* | |
| hand | enqi* | |
| blood | amiya* | |
| bone | owaq* | |
| skin | aqapelo* | |
| knee | entopanqun* | |
| breast | elaq* | |
| liver | iniqi* | |
| water | ji | |
| fire | qani* | |
| sun | oneqen* | |
| star | laluqutaqan* | |
| stone | yuqum* | |
| mountain | put* | |
| tree | eyo* | |
| leaf | enqa* | |
| night | qime* | |
| dog | nqewo* | |
| fish | yikwe* | |
| louse | api* | |
| one | anpit* | |
| two | npete* | |
| I | an* | |
| you | kat* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Upper Grand Valley DaniNuclear Trans New Guinea36% alike
- WalakNuclear Trans New Guinea26% alike
- WanoNuclear Trans New Guinea26% alike
- Lower Grand Valley DaniNuclear Trans New Guinea25% alike
- Mid Grand Valley DaniNuclear Trans New Guinea24% alike
- NdugaNuclear Trans New Guinea22% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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